• Free printable Valentine's Day bookmarks
    Crafts for kids - free printables - Valentines Day crafts

    Free printable Valentine’s Day bookmarks

    January 25, 2020 - By 

    January isn’t my favourite month. The days are short and cold. However, we are surrounded by signs of Spring and are excited to start thinking about Valentine’s Day next month. We’ve already shared our free Baby Yoda printable but were back with another Valentine’s Day printable, sweet cut out and colour bookmarks for kids to make this Valentine’s Day. Free printable Valentine’s Day bookmarks We love to spread the love on Valentine’s Day and I’ve always encouraged the children to make and give Valentine’s Day cards to friends and family. This year we are sharing our free printable colouring bookmarks…

  • one fish two fish Rice Krispies treats
    Crafts for kids - Dr Seuss Day craft

    one fish two fish Rice Krispies treats

    January 14, 2020 - By 

    I love this time of year with so many special days and anniversaries to celebrate. I’ve always enjoyed sharing the Dr Seuss books with my children. We’ve tried a few different crafts to celebrate Dr Seuss Day, which falls on the 2nd of March, such as the Grinch paper plate craft.  Today we’re sharing another Dr Seuss craft, with our one fish two fish Rice Krispies treats, inspired by One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, a 1960 children’s book by Dr. Seuss. It is a simple rhyming book about a boy and a girl named Jay and Kay…

  • Easy Baby Yoda painted rocks
    Crafts for kids - Painted rocks - Star Wars crafts

    Easy Baby Yoda painted rocks

    January 7, 2020 - By 

    We love Baby Yoda! We’ve already shared our Baby Yoda colouring sheet which my children just loved. Baby Yoda features in The Mandalorian, the latest Star Wars series which we can’t wait to watch. We love making and hiding painted rocks so we thought we would decorate some Baby Yoda painted rocks. Easy Baby Yoda painted rocks We used: Bag of smooth pebbles or rocks Selection of posca pens Varnish to seal the painted rocks (we use Wilko Gloss Yacht Varnish) Everyone loves Baby Yoda so we all had a go at designing our own Baby Yoda figures on the…

  • Free Baby Yoda inspired colouring sheet for kids
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    Free Baby Yoda inspired colouring sheet for kids

    January 3, 2020 - By 

    My son and husband are huge Star Wars fans. We all loved the latest Star Wars film, Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker when we watched it last week. This was the first year my son didn’t ask for a Star Wars Lego set for Christmas which made me feel a bit sad, although he did buy a small Mandalorian Lego set. We can’t wait to watch The Mandalorian when it comes to the UK via Disney+ this March. According to an Instagram post from John Favreau, writer and director, the series is set between the end of…

  • Free Christmas gingerbread house colouring page from the gingerbread house
    Christmas - Crafts for kids - free printables - gingerbread house

    Free Christmas gingerbread house colouring page

    December 15, 2019 - By 

    I love sharing the resources and activities that I do with my own children. We spend much more time at home over winter so I love to have a few new activities to keep them busy. They both enjoy sitting down and colouring, especially after a day at school, and my Christmas gingerbread house colouring page is one of their favourites. Free Christmas gingerbread house colouring page Colouring pages are really useful to keep children busy, especially if the weather keeps you indoors. We just love a gingerbread house and  I thought I would share my free printable gingerbread house…

  • Festive Elf painted rocks
    Crafts for kids - Elf on the Shelf

    Festive Elf painted rocks

    December 12, 2019 - By 

    This year we have been having lots of fun with our Elf on the Shelf. My children still believe in their magic and we love finding something for them to do each day. So far this festive season the elves have been cutting snowflakes out of toilet roll, helping my daughter with her epic jigsaw puzzle, leaving notes in the children’s lunch boxes and setting up a rock painting station. We love making painted rocks so thought this was a great opportunity to create some new festive elf painted rocks. We used: Bag of smooth pebbles or rocks Selection of…

  • Happy New Year 2020 colouring page
    Crafts for kids - free printables - New Year crafts

    Free printable Happy New Year 2020 colouring page

    December 10, 2019 - By 

    Although we’re very much in Christmas mode I’ve been looking forward to 2020. I know that the Christmas holidays will soon be upon us and I want to have some activities to do with the children. Today I’m sharing our free printable Happy New Year 2020 colouring page for kids. I love to share our resources with you and this free online print out Happy New Year 2020 colouring page for kids will surely keep them busy. There are lots of New Year activities and worksheets but I thought I would share my free printable Happy New Year 2020 colouring page…

  • Easy Christmas tree stick craft for kids from the gingerbread house blog
    Christmas - Crafts for kids

    Easy Christmas tree stick craft for kids

    December 7, 2019 - By 

    We are really enjoying our Christmas crafting. We have been gathering around the table after school and making so many fun things. Today we wanted to share our easy Christmas tree stick craft for kids. We love making Christmas trees decorations and got out the vintage wooden ruler tree we made a few years ago. This year we are adding this fun little Christmas tree stick craft for kids to our tutorials. They are fun to make and you can make a whole forest of them – once you start you won’t want to stop! Christmas tree stick craft supplies:…

  • Card gingerbread house craft for kids
    Crafts for kids - free printables - gingerbread

    Easy card gingerbread house craft for kids {with free printable}

    December 3, 2019 - By 

    It’s just not Christmas without a gingerbread house or two. We’re planning on building our annual gingerbread house this weekend, it’s a fun tradition which the whole family enjoy. We love a gingerbread house craft too and wanted to share our gingerbread house craft for kids. It’s made of card and decorated with colourful balls. It will make a wonderful addition to any decor this season. Gingerbread house craft supplies: Brown card Styrofoam balls – both coloured and white White poster colour Paint brush Pencil or pen – for tracing the free template Scissors Craft glue or glue stick Card…